Water molecules help proteins read the human genome, research reveals
In a study published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, scientists from the Department of Medical Biochemistry and ...
eLife9d
HERV activation segregates ME/CFS from fibromyalgia while defining a novel nosologic entity
Abstract Research of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia (FM), two acquired chronic illnesses affecting mainly females, has failed to ascertain their frequent ...
Scientists May Have Found Traces of an Extinct Genetic Code That Came Before DNA
Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By ...
eLife11d
Single-cell sequencing provides clues about the developmental genetic basis of evolutionary adaptations in syngnathid fishes
This study provides a valuable new resource to investigate the molecular basis of the particular features characterizing the pipefish embryo. The authors found both unique and shared gene expression ...
How tiny algae shaped the evolution of giant clams
Giant clams, some of the largest mollusks on Earth, have long fascinated scientists. These impressive creatures can grow up to 4.5 feet in length and weigh over 700 pounds, making them icons of ...
Scientific American23d
Our Ears Share a Common Ancestry with Fish Gills
Evolution is a master recycler ... the researchers focused on the enhancers—the sequences of DNA that drive the activity of their target genes in a specific tissue. They identified six key ...
Phys.org24d
AI model simulates 500 million years of evolution to generate a new fluorescent protein
In this case, the multimodal generative language model was trained on 771 billion tokens generated from 3.15 billion protein sequences, 236 million protein structures and 539 million protein ...
unilad27d
Scientists say new evidence suggests 'we may have been wrong about the origin of life'
The study involved amino acids (Getty Images) Masel wrote: "The genetic code is an amazing system in which sequences of three nucleotides, known as codons, in a string of DNA or RNA are translated ...
the-decoder27d
OpenAI's new GPT-4b micro model optimizes proteins for longevity research
The team trained GPT-4b micro on protein sequences from various species and data about how proteins interact with each other. Similar to how ChatGPT completes sentences, this model suggests different ...
GIGAZINE28d
OpenAI develops protein design model 'GPT-4b micro,' aiming to redesign proteins involved in iPS cells
Our Applied AI team at @RetroBio_ + some @OpenAI homies working together for a few months have created GPT4b-micro, a sequence-based model for, among other things, protein design! Retro ...
MIT Technology Review28d
OpenAI has created an AI model for longevity science
The model was trained on examples of protein sequences from many species ... Although genetic engineers have ways to direct evolution of molecules in the lab, they can usually test only so ...